Africa

Salah Donates $156k For Rebuilding Of Burnt Church In Egypt

Liverpool and Egypt forward Mohamed Salah has magnanimously donated three million Egyptian pounds ($156,664) to help rebuild a church in Giza, where a fire on Sunday killed 41 people including children and left several others injured.

The Egyptian footballer and former club mate, Sadio Mane have been involved in several humanitarian works in their home nations.

Violence in Egypt had been on the rise for sectarianism as more than 45 churches and Coptic institutions were once torched or stormed across the country.

The wave of attacks against Copts and their houses of worship, businesses, schools and homes were said to be as a result of Egypt’s security forces dispersing two large pro-Morsi sit-ins in Cairo.

The inferno in Sunday, August 14, ripped through a packed Coptic Orthodox church during morning services near Egypt’s capital, killing 41 worshippers including at least 10 children.

Several people were trapped inside facing thick black smoke and would later jump from upper floors of the Martyr Abu Sefein church to try to escape the intense flames, witnesses said.

Forty-five people were reportedly injured including four policemen involved in the rescue effort.

Weeping families waited outside for word on relatives still inside the church and at nearby hospitals where the victims were taken.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.